Scaramouche (the one made in 1952) has always been one of my favorites.
It's set in the 18th century, but the women all have the 50s
lift-and-separate bullet bras underneath their gowns. I'm sure there
are many other costume gaffes as well, but that's the most noticeable
one. It's a charming movie, though--good swordfight at the end.
Melanie Schuessler
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
Since we always rant so much about how bad Hollywood does historical
costumes in movies, here's a question that ought to get a lot of
replies. I am teaching a class in the costume and fashion industries
and thought it would be fun to show some clips of costumes from movies,
and not just good examples but some really bad ones. For instance, I
happened to see on tv a bit of an old movie from the 1950s a couple
weeks ago called "Princess of the Nile" which took place in the Middle
East and the costumes were so bad they were really laughable. The women
were wearing high spiked heels for instance. So I'm wondering if you
all can name some other old movies with really anachronistic or just
plain wrong historical costumes.
Sylrog
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